Celebrate our tenth anniversary with the biggest issue we’ve ever made. FLOOD 13 is deluxe, 252-page commemorative edition—a collectible, coffee-table-style volume in a 12″ x 12″ format—packed with dynamic graphic design, stunning photography and artwork, and dozens of amazing artists representing the past, present, and future of FLOOD’s editorial spectrum, while also looking back at key moments and events in our history. Inside, you’ll find in-depth cover stories on Gorillaz and Magdalena Bay, plus interviews with Mac DeMarco, Lord Huron, Wolf Alice, Norman Reedus, The Zombies, Nation of Language, Bootsy Collins, Fred Armisen, Jazz Is Dead, Automatic, Rocket, and many more.
Jessie Ware, Superbloom
Three albums into her tenure as a pure-pleasure purveyor, Ware leans into the featherweight grooves of the ABBA era for a smooth yet occasionally frictionless epilogue to the trilogy.
Nine Inch Noize, Nine Inch Noize
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Boys Noize continue their collaborative streak by looking back on the NIN canon with a skull-fucking, metal-electro collab of thumping, throbbing songcraft.
Yot Club, Simpleton
Littered with existential concerns about what is truly real versus carefully curated presentation, Ryan Kaiser wrestles with American suburbia on his third album of indie-surf tunes.
Jesse Cline
Tickets for their European/North American tour go on sale Friday.
This year’s music is curated by Babe Rainbow and feat. Matt Taylor of The Growlers, Claude Fontaine, Anna St. Louis, and more.
The free fest on November 10 in DTLA features a lineup including Kid Ink, Joyner Lucas, Bamby Salcedo, and more.
The Philly band return with their sophomore record and a new song, “Chimera.”
The Jezabels frontwoman shares the title track to her solo debut, due out January 17.
The presidential hopeful is soliciting votes anywhere he can.
Her Tokyo show played like a fizzy piece of wish fulfillment in a city known for its creative extremes.
Presented by Spaceland, the two-day event is a record label market and music fair.
Featuring Wu-Tang Clan, Devo, Animal Collective, Flaming Lips, and more.
The recently reunited ’90s band are releasing their first album in twenty-two years.
The Spanish/English debut captures the street-level reality of life in Tijuana without dwelling on drugs or criminality.
The first single off their full-length joint debut gets an “Eyes Wide Shut” party visual.
In the video, they’re lookin’ for love on reality TV.
Art + Portraits @ Mixtape Restaurant. Photographed for Flood Mag in Los Angeles, CA.
The spot features artwork by Quincy Jones, Jaden Smith, Tokimonsta, Brandon Boyd, Serj Tankian, Gashi, and more.
Her debut album “the masquerade” is out September 17.
It’s a companion piece to “Life Metal.”
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Their third full-length arrives October 18 via Elektra.
The single comes off their forthcoming third album “Mind the Moon,” out in November.
They’ll be joined by the Pixies, Deftones, Mogwai, and more.
They’re doing a night at the Ace Hotel in DTLA in October.
